RE: Re: Copyright status of early Internet RFCs

From: Agenbroad, James \(Civ,ARL/CISD\) <jagenbro[_at_]arl.army.mil>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:15:02 -0400

The question is, which is worse, bad patents, or allowing companies to secure patent-like protection with copyrights? Keep in mind that bad application of patent-law is not an a priori indication of bad law.

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From: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property [mailto:CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org] On Behalf Of John Levine Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 10:51 AM
To: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property Subject: [CNI-(C)] Re: [CNI-(C)] Copyright status of early Internet RFCs

>A related question quickly... can computer code be patented in the USA?

> I know in ZA you can't patent software, but you can copyright it.
>What is the situation in the USA?

We have lots and lots of software patents in the U.S., most of them pretty lousy ones. At this point, my largest single source of income is from consulting on court cases brought by patent trolls with software patents from the 1990s.

R's,
John

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